Stark & Stark is proud to congratulate Managing Shareholder Michael G. Donahue, Esq. for being selected by the New Jersey Association for Justice as the 2024 recipient of the Gold Medal for Distinguished Service*.

Michael oversees the day-to-day operations and long-term strategic planning of Stark & Stark. He specializes in products liability litigation, and represents victims of construction accidents, commercial vehicle accidents, sexual abuse, and other serious injuries.

The NJAJ’s Gold Medal for Distinguished Service is presented to an individual who “has made a significant contribution to the law of torts; and advanced the mission of NJAJ to protect the interests of its members and New Jersey’s families by working to preserve and strengthen laws for safer products and workplaces, a cleaner environment and quality health care.” For more information, please click here.

Congratulations Michael!

*No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

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Stark & Stark is proud to announce that Michael Jordan, Esq. and Evan Lide, Esq. have been installed as 2026 Trustees for the Mercer County Bar Association. They join fellow Stark & Stark Trustees Jennifer Millner, Esq., Bryan Roberts, Esq., and Robert Morris, Esq.

Michael Jordan, Esq.

The Mercer County Bar Association is a non-profit organization that has been serving lawyers in Mercer County for over one hundred years. Its mission is to serve its members and aid and instruct the public in matters pertaining to the law, the practice of law, and the legal system, and promote the administration of justice in Mercer County, the State of New Jersey, and the United States of America.

Michael is a member of Stark & Stark’s Accident & Personal Injury Group. He concentrates his practice on the areas of catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful death.

Evan Lide, Esq.

Evan is a Shareholder and member of the firm’s Accident & Personal Injury Group. He focuses his practice on representing people who have suffered traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and other catastrophic injuries, including death resulting from automobile crashes, product liability, and premises liability.

Congratulations Michael and Evan!

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Stark & Stark is proud to announce that Shareholder Brian Shea, Esq. has been installed as President-Elect of the Mercer County Bar Association (MCBA). Brian previously served as Vice President in 2023, Treasurer in 2022, and Secretary in 2021. He currently serves as Chair of the Budget Committee and Co-Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Committee.

The Mercer County Bar Association is a non-profit organization that has been serving lawyers in Mercer County for over one hundred years. Its mission is to serve its members and aid and instruct the public in matters pertaining to the law, the practice of law, and the legal system, and promote the administration of justice in Mercer County, the State of New Jersey, and the United States of America.

“I look forward to working closely with the current President, Jennifer Zoschak, Esq., as well as the other officers and trustees to make 2024 a very successful year,” said Brian.

Brian is a member of Stark & Stark’s Workers’ Compensation Group where he represents injured workers in claims for workers’ compensation benefits.

Congratulations Brian!

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Stark & Stark is pleased to welcome Shareholder Joseph McCarthy, Esq. to our Hamilton office. Joseph is a member of the Banking & Financial Services, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights, Commercial Litigation, and Real Estate Tax Appeals Groups, where he represents large financial institutions, hedge funds, landlords, small businesses, and other creditors in a variety of litigation and transactional matters including commercial and residential mortgage foreclosure actions, collection actions, bankruptcy, receiverships, general litigation matters, appellate advocacy, commercial real estate purchases and sales, leasing transactions, and commercial lending.

After graduating from law school, Joseph served as an Assistant Prosecutor with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office where he specialized in criminal jury trials.

Stark & Stark is excited to have Joseph join our team. Welcome to the firm!

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Stark & Stark is proud to announce that Shareholder Bhaveen R. Jani has been reappointed to serve as New Jersey’s Revitalization Governor for the American Association for Justice for another two-year term beginning in February. The Revitalization Governor is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice, which is the governing body of the Association and helps to further the Association’s mission to promote justice and fairness for injured persons and safeguard victims’ rights. The American Association for Justice has successfully defended Americans’ right to trial by jury for over 70 years and continues fighting today to protect practices, clients’ rights, and the civil justice system.

Bhaveen has been involved with the American Association for Justice for several years and current serves as the Minority Caucus Fundraising Chair, and as a member of the Membership Outreach Committee.

“I’m proud and honored to represent New Jersey as the Revitalization Governor for the American Association for Justice,” said Bhaveen. “I thank my colleagues for appointing me and I’m excited to work with so many esteemed trial lawyers from around the country to provide our clients with the justice they deserve.”

Congratulations Bhaveen!

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Now that parts of NJ and PA have seen their first snowfall of the year, it is important to remember that all of this snow makes for dangerous walking conditions. As the amount of snow accumulation continues to increase, so does the chance of being hurt as a result of slipping on ice or snow.

What to do is you slip and fall from snow on someone else’s property?

There are a few things that you should do if you are hurt on someone’s property as a result of snow or ice.

Seek Medical Attention

The first thing is to be sure that you seek medical attention. If you are seriously hurt, you should call 911 and wait for an ambulance.

Notify Property Owner

Next, you should notify the property owner so that they may correct the dangerous condition. You do not want anyone else to be hurt as you were. Also, this will help prove that you were really hurt on their property. If you are hurt on a commercial property, they may want you to complete a report or give them a statement. Be careful when doing this. They will usually try to use whatever you tell them against you later.

Take Pictures!

Pictures. Pictures. Pictures. If possible, you should take pictures of the dangerous condition. If you have a digital camera or cell phone with a camera built in, take several pictures of the area where you were hurt. Pictures can be very valuable in proving that the dangerous condition existed. Also, it will prove that the property owner should have taken care of the condition before you were hurt. These pictures could help you win your case.

Speak to a Slip & Fall Attorney

Your next call should be to an attorney that handles slip and fall cases. At Stark & Stark we handle these cases every day. We will have experts that will want to inspect the dangerous condition as soon as possible. Also, we will want to make sure that you are fully compensated for the damages that you suffered.

Contact one of our attorneys today for a free case evaluation.

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Stark & Stark is proud to announce Shareholder Dolores Kelley has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce for a three-year term. She is a long-time member of the Chamber.

“I am thrilled to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Chamber, an organization that is integral to our community’s economic development and which fosters relationships within various business sectors, and I am excited to collaborate with old and new friends to continue the Chamber’s great work,” said Dolores.

Dolores is a Shareholder and Chair of the firm’s s. She handles a wide range of matters for the real estate industry, including commercial transactions, leasing, financing, commercial condominium formations and governance, and land development applications. Dolores also represents clients in the beer, wine, and spirits industries on a variety of issues including corporate formation, financing, licensing leasing, acquisitions, and intellectual property law.

Congratulations!

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Before November 26, 2019, our 66-year-old client could not sit still.

Whether it was beating his 35-year-old son in sprinting races, playing cricket, climbing mountains, working in the field for the U.S. government, working as a handyperson or playing with his three grandchildren, our client was always on the move.

But in the early evening of November 26, 2019, our client’s life changed forever.

The car he was driving was struck by another car making an illegal left turn. The injuries our client suffered required him to undergo three serious back surgeries and extensive pain management treatment.

Today, our client struggles to get out of bed, cannot do any of the recreational activities he once loved, no longer works for the federal government or as a handyperson, earns a fraction of the income he used to, and can no longer hold his grandchildren in his arms.

Bhaveen Jani, Stark & Stark

Recently, a little over four years after our client suffered life-changing injuries in that crash, Stark & Stark shareholder Bhaveen Jani and his team obtained justice for him and his family by securing a $2,500,000 settlement in a lawsuit he filed regarding the crash as the case was set to go to trial.

The case, however, was no slam dunk. A year before the crash, our client had three lumbar epidural injections and consulted a surgeon regarding his back pain. To combat the defense’s possible legal arguments regarding our client’s prior back issues, Bhaveen and his team engaged an epidemiologist with a forensic medicine background to establish a substantially higher probability that our client’s injuries and surgeries stemmed from the crash rather than any pre-existing issues.

“This was a complicated case from both an economic and non-economic damages standpoint,” said Jani. “We hired the best medical and economic experts in the field to unquestionably prove that our client suffered significant and new injuries, given his prior medical history. The defense recognized that our client was genuine and likable, which forced them to settle on the eve of trial because of how likely it would have been for a jury to find in his favor and award him significant damages.”

In addition to the epidemiologist, Bhaveen and his team obtained a life care plan for our client, hired a neurosurgeon to provide an independent medical examination, retained a forensic economist and vocational rehabilitation counselor to calculate our client’s future economic loss, and worked with outside companies to assemble a mediation video, a “Day in the Life” video, and medical illustrations of our client’s surgeries.

“I love what I do because of  clients like this one,” said Jani. “I cannot turn back the hands of time, but I can make sure our clients get the compensation they deserve for lifelong injuries caused by others’ wrongdoing. The attorneys at Stark & Stark will not hesitate to invest our time and resources in our clients’ cases to help secure optimal results for them.”

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After relocating the firm headquarters to Hamilton, New Jersey, Stark & Stark has forged a strong relationship with their new neighbors, Grounds For Sculpture (GFS). The firm is currently the Lead Supporter for their Night Forms exhibition, which runs through April 7^th.

“Stark & Stark is proud to support the Grounds For Sculpture Night Forms exhibition. Art is vital to building strong communities,” said Managing Shareholder Michael Donahue. “All members of our community deserve access to the benefits of the artistic, educational, and public programs provided by Grounds For Sculpture.”

Grounds For Sculpture is a beautiful local jewel with so many great areas of the sculpture park to enjoy and artworks to treasure. If you are unfamiliar with Grounds For Sculpture or all it has to offer, please click here to learn more about this extraordinary and unique space.

Below collage provided by Grounds For Sculpture.

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